The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 2103
Waning Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
1:56 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2236
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.6° / 282.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 01m / 22.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.15° / -0.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / 1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.46° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.